I’ve been getting questions from readers wanting to know how I got started writing children’s stories. Well, after reading other authors stories and watching movies something finally clicked. It was like a surge of electricity shaking me clear to the bone.

It was truly a special feeling sitting in front of a bookstore talking to the various people, and signing my first book. Paddle Tail sold out on that first signing, and Paddle Tail was there in person, thanks to my mother, Catherine (Kitty) LeGrand, for making Paddle Tail come alive with the wonderful costume she made.